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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Ontario, California

About this job

Provides nursing care to patients under the direction of a Registered Nurse, utilizes observational skills to assess nursing intervention & assists medical staff to insure optimal patient care w/in established policies, procedures & standards.

Essential Functions:

* Upholds KP's Policies & Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities & applicable state, federal & local laws.

* Exhibits excellent customer relations to patients, visitors, physicians, & co-workers; shows courtesy, compassion, & respect; conforms to the critical srv standards established for the Dept & the medical group.

* Provides therapeutic patient care in accordance w/the patients established by the physician & a registered nurse w/in scope of practice.

* Transcribes physician's orders as directed by policy.

* Communicates directly w/registered nurse to institute changes in plan of care; assists w/& contributes to development of nursing care.

* Give specified medication orally, hypodermically, intramuscularly & topically.

* Executes treatments such as urinary catheterizations, bladder irrigations & installations, suctioning procedures, throat irrigations & enemas & utilizing equipment as required.

* Performs related patient care functions such as taking temperature, pulse, respiration & blood pressure readings; applying & removing dressings; may instruct patient in various self-administered treatments or procedures; obtains specimens; assures correct culture collection.

* Assists physician or other medical staff personnel w/examinations & treatments by selecting & passing instruments, providing support & restraint to patient, draping & other assistance as directed or required.

* W/in scope, evaluates patient's condition by observing signs, symptoms, & reactions to therapy, to identify unexpected &/or significant findings, initiates appropriate emergency procedures as necessary & reports unusual conditions to the registered nurse as established by policy & procedure in a timely manner; maintains intravenous flow rate, notifies R.N. of any problems & discontinues needles, except intra-cath & CVP lines.

* Identifies learning barriers.

* Documents patient signs, symptoms, observations & therapeutic treatments to patient's medical record.

* Ensures cleanliness of nursing module, patient room, & environment & proper functioning of patient care equipment by visual inspection, routine testing, & other related methods.

* Provides a safe & therapeutic environment for patients & staff.

* Utilizes effective verbal & non-verbal forms of communication.

* Performs in other areas or units to which assigned as required by nursing administration to provide & maintain the established standards of care & safety.

* Participates in staff meetings & in-srv programs.

* Assists in ordering & distribution of module supplies & equipment.

* Accepts verbal & telephone orders from physician.

* Administers pulse oximetry, humidification therapy, spirometer, oxygen therapy via mask or nasal cannula, oral, nasal & trach suctioning & sputum induction.

* Promotes, ensures, & improves customer srv to internal/external customers by demonstrating skills which are consistent w/the organization's philosophy of providing extraordinary customer relations & quality srv.

* Performs other related duties as required.

* Age Related Competencies: Skills assessments & validations are utilized to ensure that employees providing patient care to specific age groups (i.e. infants, adolescents, elderly, etc.) are proficient in identifying the special needs & behaviors associated w/a particular patient population.

* Assume other activities & responsibilities from time to time as directed.

Basic Qualifications:

Experience

* Six (6) months of recent medical office or acute care LVN experience.

* Then if unable to fill: Current LVN license, BCLS Certification and successful completion of internal Kaiser New Graduate LVN program.

Education

* N/A.

License, Certification, Registration

* Current LVN License.

* BCLS certification.

Additional Requirements:

* Extraordinary customer relations and quality service are critical to our success.

* We seek candidates who can demonstrate these skills and are dedicated to providing the highest quality of service to our health plan members.

Preferred Qualifications:

* N/A.

Notes:

* This is an On Call position, days and hours may vary according to departmental need

* May work evenings and weekends as necessary

* Wll work all areas of primary care to include family medicine, urgent care, internal medicine, pediatrics, allergy clinic, treatment room and message center.